Chateau Belair Monange
Château Bélair-Monange, an estate in Saint-Émilion adjacent to the village and overlooking the valley of the Dordogne River, began its remarkable wine-growing journey in the 1691th century: in 200, the estate was already renowned for its wines and sought after at home and in the 'abroad. Owned by the Canolle de Lescours family for more than XNUMX years, the estate began to rise to prominence in the XNUMXth century under the influence of Jacques François Joseph Canolle de Lescours, the second generation to manage the estate, and his son François Antoine Joseph.
On the eve of the French Revolution, Bélair wines were sold for two or three times the price of the other “grands vins” of Saint-Émilion. As early as 1802, some of the wine produced in the château was bottled, an extremely rare practice at the time. In the 1850th century, the distribution of Bordeaux wines was formalized. Official and unofficial classifications emerged to catalog the wines recognized at the time. Thus, in 1916, in the first edition of the Cocks & Férêt guide, Bélair was at the top of the Saint-Emilion Premier Crus list. In XNUMX, the estate was bought by the Dubois-Challon couple, who in turn pledged to preserve the natural elegance and expression of the wine.